While most "facts" that prompt a frantic, confused web search turn out not to be true, the same can't be said of every eyebrow-arching tidbit floating throughout the internet — just ask the fine folks of r/AskReddit.
From just how long sharks have been lurking on earth to orca's unexpected prey, here are 19 facts people refuse to believe.
1
“Koalas entire diet is eucalyptus tree leaves. Which are incredibly toxic Baby koalas aren't born with any immunity to the toxins.... they gain this by eating their mothers [excrement].”
2
“Weed and growing weed isn't actually legal in the Netherlands, there's just a toleration policy on selling weed in coffee shops. Coffee shops get their weed in illegal ways because there are no legal ways.”
4
“Some worms were frozen solid for over 40.000 years in Siberian permafrost, then some scientists revived them. So they were actually not dead, just resting.”
8
“It was only 66 years from the Wright brothers first flight to Armstrong walking on the moon.”
10
“Greenland Sharks can live up to 500 years. They don’t reach sexual maturity until they are over 100 years old. When they get pregnant, gestation lasts up to 18 years.”
12
“Rats can laugh, we just can’t hear it because it’s not in our audible range.”
13
“Oxford university is older than the Aztec empire.”
14
“Orcas are a natural predator of moose.”
15
“Wooly Mammoths did not go extinct until 1,000 years after the Great Pyramids of Giza were built.”
16
“Sharks existed before trees did.”
17
“A full-size basketball court can fit inside a soccer penalty box. Still amazes me.”
18
“Hannibal Lecter only has 16 minutes of screentime in Silence of the Lambs.”
19
“The Sun contains 99% of the solar system's mass.”
20
“If you're seven feet tall you have a 1 in 6 chance of landing in the NBA.”
21
“We live closer in time to the Tyrannosaurus Rex than the Tyrannosaurus Rex lived to Stegosaurus.”
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